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S-V81-A Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape Specialist Training School (6
months)
SERE
Specialist Training (SST) is located in Fairchild AFB, WA. It is the 6 month
technical training program that all potential SERE Specialists go through to
learn SERE, Personnel Recovery and Instructor skills. During this course,
students will become specialists in Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape
as well Personnel Recovery. All of this prepares future SERE Specialists to
instruct any Air Force SERE related program and be world wide deployable.
This
school is one of the most physically and mentally demanding technical
schools in the Air Force. SST offers two classes a year, broken down into a
summer class (starts in July) and a winter class (starts in Jan.) The
longest you will be in the field is 22 days during the Familiarization and
Mobile phases. After that the time varies from about 5 - 12 days.
As a
student your typical day on base begins at 0700. Most days will begin with
physical training intended on preparing trainees for upcoming field training
exercises. PT may consist of runs of 2-8 miles, calisthenics that may
consist of, but is not limited to, 200 push-ups, 200 sit-ups, 200 flutter
kicks, 50 pull-ups, and 50 8-count body builders. After, students meet at
the SST building (school house) and attend academic lessons. On base
instruction will vary depending on the phase of training.
Any given
day in the field usually starts before the sun is up and ends long after the
sun has gone down. No matter how many times you may find yourself being
awake for countless hours without sleep and no matter how cold or hot you
may think you are in the end it is all worth it to become a US Air Force
SERE Specialist...
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Familiarization
